Art in General
79 Walker StreetNew YorkNY10013
212-219-0473212-219-0511

Program: Summer Program With Project Reach Year Started: 1993 Focus: Visual Arts Youth Served: 50 Ages: 14-21 Budget: $44,000 Joining forces with Project Reach, a community youth crisis counseling center, Art in General has created a summer visual arts program that serves young people from the Chinatown, Little Italy and Two Bridges neighborhoods of New York City. This intensive Summer Program meets four times a week and includes a series of art-making workshops exploring painting, sculpture, photography and computer-based art. Instructors place as much emphasis on process as on product, with the intention of providing a forum for communication and a means by which to demystify contemporary art. Workshops are supplemented by field visits to cultural institutions and by discussion groups about a variety of social, personal and aesthetic issues. Art created by participants is exhibited at the Art in General gallery and in various storefronts in lower Manhattan. This public display of the participantsÌ work adds to their pride in the skills that they acquire.